Sentences with phrase «immunity against criminal»

So long as he is in office, a governor enjoys immunity against criminal prosecution.

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Specifically, Omo - Agege's bill had stated that the immunity granted to the president, governors and their deputies in section 308 (1) of the constitution would no longer apply to criminal proceedings arising from allegations of financial crimes against them.

Imagine that members of the 8th National Assembly had announced during the recent general election campaigns exactly how they were going to tear up section 308 of the 1999 Constitution (which protects the president, vice president, governors and their deputies against civil and criminal proceedings while they are in office) to grant their leaders immunity from prosecution for corruption and money laundering.

But even though Mr Habib's claim lies at the intersection of these trends, it does not follow the «typical» model of a civil claim against the agents directly responsible for the alleged abuses; nor does it pursue a criminal prosecution, where questions of immunity have recently formed a less imposing barrier.

We have been counsel in many of the recent trans - border criminal cartel investigations and, in some cases, have obtained immunity for clients or had the investigation discontinued against other clients.